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I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism
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<blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 9724744" data-attributes="member: 18"><p>I feel like whilst Bullroarer Took might not able to beat the Mountain in an wrestling contest, he probably could hit someone as hard as, if not harder than, The Mountain. I don't think The Mountain could even reliably throw a head 100 yards, let alone "batter up" it straight off a neck. But wrestling isn't pure strength - The Mountain's real advantage is being 8ft tall and 420lbs, not being superhumanly strong, which he wasn't - he is just as strong as you'd expect from a muscular man of his size who wasn't that height because of any kind of illness, whereas Brandobras/Bullroarer kind of was just terrifyingly and freakishly strong for his 4'2" height - I mean the halflings kind of are in general by human standards but he really was.</p><p></p><p>So that's actually engaged with by 5E 2024 - your 7-8ft tall 300lb+ Goliath has Powerful Build, which makes him better at wrestling (admittedly you might say the unidirectional nature of it is a bit weak, I'd agree).</p><p></p><p>I think D&D actually handles both those characters kinda okay.</p><p></p><p>Also I kinda really wanna play a halfling in D&D for the first time ever lol.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ruin Explorer, post: 9724744, member: 18"] I feel like whilst Bullroarer Took might not able to beat the Mountain in an wrestling contest, he probably could hit someone as hard as, if not harder than, The Mountain. I don't think The Mountain could even reliably throw a head 100 yards, let alone "batter up" it straight off a neck. But wrestling isn't pure strength - The Mountain's real advantage is being 8ft tall and 420lbs, not being superhumanly strong, which he wasn't - he is just as strong as you'd expect from a muscular man of his size who wasn't that height because of any kind of illness, whereas Brandobras/Bullroarer kind of was just terrifyingly and freakishly strong for his 4'2" height - I mean the halflings kind of are in general by human standards but he really was. So that's actually engaged with by 5E 2024 - your 7-8ft tall 300lb+ Goliath has Powerful Build, which makes him better at wrestling (admittedly you might say the unidirectional nature of it is a bit weak, I'd agree). I think D&D actually handles both those characters kinda okay. Also I kinda really wanna play a halfling in D&D for the first time ever lol. [/QUOTE]
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